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Sunday, September 09, 2007

Complete Rundown of New Fall 2007 TV Shows

Last week I posted a complete list of all the Fall 2007 TV shows including the returning and new TV series. For those of you deciding whether to record any of the new shows to your DVR here's a little more information on each of the brand new TV series:

Unreality - Follows two psychics as they ask ghostly visitors in homes

9/8/2007

Sat

iCarly

(NICK)

Kids Comedy - A teenager who lives with her twenty-six year old brother and guardian Spencer, and produces her own web casts from a studio she constructed in the attic of her home.

9/9/2007

Sun

8pm

Tell Me You Love Me

(HBO)

Drama - Three couples in committed relationships with intimacy problems. They end up in therapy. Lots of sex, lots of skin and…. Well that's about it.

9/14/2007

Fri

8pm

Nashville

(FOX)

Reality Soap - Country Music wannabe's head to Tennessee hoping to become a star.

9/17/2007

Mon

8pm

K-Ville

(FOX)

Drama - After Katrina, a dedicated cop tries to keep order in lawless New Orleans with the help of a mysterious new partner

9/19/2007

Wed

8pm

Kitchen Nightmares

(FOX)

Reality - Copy of the British show with the same name. Chef Gordon Ramsay (of Hells Kitchen fame) tackles restaurants in crisis and gives the restaurant staff hell.

9/19/2007

Wed

7pm

Kid Nation

(CBS)

Reality - Forty kids ages 8 to 15 are put in an abandoned ghost town to create their own society for 40 days with no adults (except for the crew behind the scenes).

9/19/2007

Wed

7pm

Back to You

(FOX)

A big shot news anchor played by Kelsey Grammer had a career demoting, on-air outburst. Now he is back at his small time Pittsburgh TV News station with his former adversary & co-anchor played by Patricia Heaton.

Teen Drama - Based on a series of teen novels - Privileged teenagers attend an elite private school in New York City.

9/26/2007

Wed

8pm

Bionic Woman

(NBC)

Remake of the 1970s series - Woman is transformed from a barista to part-robotic babe.

9/26/2007

Wed

9pm

Life

(NBC)

Drama - Former police officer returns to the force after having been wrongly imprisoned for years.

9/27/2007

Thu

9pm

Big Shots

(ABC)

Drama - Staring Michael Vartan from Alias fame. An inside look into the life of a CEO.

9/28/2007

Fri

8pm

Moonlight

(CBS)

Drama - Vampire lands work as a private investigator to use his powers for good instead of evil. And in his extra time falls for mortal woman.

10/1/2007

Mon

Aliens In America

(CW)

Comedy - High school kid is picked on, so his parents import an exchange student to be his friend — only to find he’s a Muslim from Pakistan.

10/1/2007

Mon

Dr. Steve-O

(USA)

Reality - It looks really bad - that's all I can say after seeing the preview

10/1/2007

Mon

Wizards of Waverly Place

(Disney)

Comedy - Centers on a family in New York that owns an old-fashioned magic shop where, behind the scenes, the kids can do real magic.

10/2/2007

Tue

7:30pm

Carpoolers

(ABC)

Comedy - Group of guys who carpool to work together from their suburban homes

10/2/2007

Tue

7pm

Cavemen

(ABC)

Three Neanderthals struggle to live in modern day America. Yep, this is really a show based on the Geico caveman. I can't believe anyone thought this was a good idea…

10/3/2007

Wed

7pm

Better Half

(Bravo)

10/3/2007

Wed

7pm

Pushing Daisies

(ABC)

Comedy/Drama - A man has the power to bring dead people back to life

10/7/2007

Sun

7pm

Life is Wild

(CW)

Teen Drama - US version of the British series "Wild at Heart,". A vet who moves his family to his father-in-law's game reserve in South Africa

10/12/2007

Fri

8pm

Women’s Murder Club

(ABC)

Drama - Four women work together to solve crimes - based on James Patterson Novel

10/13/2007

Sat

TBA

The Gathering

(Lifetime)

Drama Miniseries - Peter Gallagher is a loving husband who loses his wife to some witches in New York. Just in time for Halloween.

10/15/2007

Mon

8:30pm

Samantha Who?

(ABC)

Comedy - Christina Applegate plays woman who emerges from an eight-day coma not remembering anything. When she begins to remember she decides it is a chance at a second shot at life.

10/15/2007

Mon

TBA

Salt 'n' Pepa Show

(VH1)

Reality - This doomed reality show will follow the 90's three-hit wonder duo as they attempt to reunite personally and professionally. One is now a devout christian and the other has been pursuing an acting career.

Reality - A "group" version of American Idol - without Simon Cowel, Randy Jackson or Paula Abdul

10/21/2007

Sun

8pm

The Incredible Human Machine

(NGC)

Science/Educational - How our body works with lots of facts about our body in a fast, watchable format for the short attention span set.

11/1/2007

Thu

8pm

In Plain Site

(USA)

11/27/2007

Tue

8pm

Cashmere Mafia

(ABC)

Comedy - Several college friends who happen to also be successful female execs turn to each other for guidance as they juggle their careers with family in New York City.

2/??/2008

TBA

TBA

Farmer Wants A Life

(CW)

Reality - Another reality dating series that is just what its title sound like it is.

MidSeason

Fri

TBA

New Amsterdam

(FOX)

Crime Drama - A New York homicide detective is cursed with immortality.

MidSeason

Mid

TBA

Oprah's Big Give

(ABC)

Reality Show. Oprah's giving away millions to make a difference in people's lives. During the eight episodes filmed in various U.S. cities, the field will be narrowed. The stakes will get higher and higher, with one person ultimately being chosen as The Biggest Giver.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

Canterbury's Law

(FOX)

Legal Drama - Centered on a Julianna Margulies who plays a tough-minded defense attorney who pushes the boundaries to protect innocent clients.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

The Return of Jezebel James

(FOX)

Comedy - A newly single professional woman played by Parker Posey learns she's unable to conceive so asks her polar opposite sister to carry her baby for her.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

The Rules For Starting Over

(FOX)

Comedy - 35-year old guy who got married right out of college is now divorced and unprepared to re-enter the dating scene.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

The Sarah Connor Chronicles

(FOX)

Drama Sci Fi - Takes place after Terminator 2, Sarah Connor and her son John try to hide from the govt and plot to destroy the computer network Skynet in hopes of preventing Armageddon.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

Unhitched

(FOX)

A divorced 30-something guy is thrust back into the world of dating after being married since college realizes the dating scene is a bit different

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

When Women Rule the World

(FOX)

Reality - What would happen if gender roles are turned upside down. Participants will go to a remote, primitive location where they will be tasked with creating a new society where women are in charge and men are subservient.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

Baby Borrowers

(NBC)

Reality - social experiment that takes five teenage couples and gives them adult responsibility, allowing them to experience parenting firsthand.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

Lipstick Jungle

(NBC)

Comedy - The lives of three of "New York's 50 Most Powerful Women," according to The New York Post.

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

The IT Crowd

(NBC)

Comedy - An American version of the UK hit comedy

MidSeason

TBA

TBA

World Moves

(NBC)

Reality - A Randy Jackson (of American Idol fame) produced reality competition that pits dance teams from around the world against one another for the opportunity to land an international touring contract

There are plenty of stinkers in the list above, but we'll likely record the following: Kid Nation, Back to You, Chuck, Cane, Reaper, New Amsterdam, Dirty Sexy Money, Bionic Woman and even Women's Murder Club for the wife. Let me know what you'll be watching in the comments. Subscribe to this blog